Mark Rosenberg

Articles:

The Illinois Supreme Court on August 18, 2005, reversed a $1.2 billion verdict entered against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company in the national aftermarket parts class action entitled Avery v. State Farm. In this long-awaited decision, the Supreme Court went far beyond the expectations of the insurance community and issued a lengthy, well-...

In this age of corporate scandal, many attorneys are taking advantage of the current public suspicion towards big business by pursuing a wide scope and variety theories of liability against corporate defendants. At the slightest hint of a corporate scandal or product recall, a litany of lawsuits is sure to follow, many of which will be largely...

The invocation of contractual arbitration provisions has long been considered an effective defense to class actions regarding a form contract. By invoking a contractual arbitration clause, defendants may obtain, at minimum, a stay of the judicial proceedings pending arbitration. See, e.g., 9 U.S.C. § 3. Furthermore, courts have dismissed an action when all...